I guess the "Honeymoon" is over

[npk]

Remember when Fox News told all of us that they would give President Obama the traditional "honeymoon" period often extended to incoming presidents. They said that they would allow President Obama enough time to analyze the pressing issues facing him upon taking office, and then after 100 days give us all an "in depth" review of the presidents successes and failures. Remember when Bill O'Reilly told us that Fox News would be "fair" and wouldn't attack the president on every trivial little thing.

Well lets see how that worked out.


4 hours after President Obama is sworn into office
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/01/fox-news-chris.html

"Well, again, we're wondering here whether or not Barack Obama in fact is the president of the United States," Chris Wallace told Fox News viewers, well over an hour after Obama had taken the oath of office today.

Fox News replayed the swearing-in moment when President Obama and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. each bobbled the words to the constitutional oath. "They had a kind of garbled oath," Wallace said.

"It's just conceivable that this will end up going to the courts," Wallace speculated.

A little over 2 1/2 months into President Oboma's presidency



http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/27/roff_obama_cue_cards/

Does President Obama Need Cue Cards?

It is not so much an issue of the President relying on notes or technology when making remarks – other presidents have done it, although some more expertly than others. Again, it is that the use of electronic supports, when making remarks in public, conflicts with the image of presidential competence that the White House is trying to project — it also undermines the idea that the president is a brilliant communicator.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/09/MN1I16TJEN.DTL&feed=rss.news

Fox News Pundits escalate attacks against Obama.

It took fewer than 100 days for conservative critics to start lobbing the F-bomb at President Obama. "F" as in "fascist."

Take Glenn Beck, the bombastic Fox News host, who in recent weeks has repeatedly used the term - along with references to Mussolini and pictures of Hitler and Lenin - to describe Obama's efforts to revive struggling banks and automakers.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200904080025?f=h_top

Fox News' aggressive promotion of anti-Obama "Tea Parties"

Despite its repeated insistence that its coverage is "fair and balanced" and its invitation to viewers to "say 'no' to biased media," Fox News has frequently aired segments encouraging viewers to get involved with "tea party" protests across the country, which the channel has described as primarily a response to President Obama's fiscal policies. Media Matters has compiled an analysis of Fox News' promotion of these events.

More

http://mediamatters.org/items/200904010029?f=s_search

Fox Business' Smith falsely claimed banks returning TARP money obtained funds under Obama

http://mediamatters.org/items/200903270006?f=s_search

Hannity falsely claimed Obama has proposed UK-style nationalized health care

http://mediamatters.org/items/200903190022?f=s_search

Fox News promo falsely claimed Obama "pushes a plan" requiring vets to pay for health insurance

http://mediamatters.org/items/200903160026?f=s_search

Fox News presents deceptively cropped six-month-old Biden clip as new

http://mediamatters.org/items/200904070012?f=s_search

Hannity falsely claimed Obama administration "taking steps to cut defense spending"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200904040003?f=s_search

Hannity truncated Obama quote to claim it was an example of "blame America first"

Yep I think the honeymoon is over, or eh, never started.

[MADem]

1. It's Fox. They lie--it's what they do. nt

[Uzybone]

2. Not suprised about Fox, its the internet/MSM left that suprises me

Obama was never pure enough for their liking, but they have damned near declared war on him as well.

[npk]

3. What gets me is the trivial things they keep going after

It's bad when a so called professional news network has to crop, edit, and otherwise distort sound bites to drive a dishonest position against the president.

[depakid]

5. When you hitch your wagon to the sources of the problem

and continue policies that appear to most reasonable people to be corrupt- rewarding failure and excluding the contributions of those who got it right, that sort of thing's bound to happen.

Especially when you've the last two years raising expections of change.

[leftofthedial]

4. Once you're fucked,

it's just not special anymore.

[saltpoint]

6. FOX News is in for a long 8 years, IMO.

[Undercurrent]

7. Hey Fox Fucktards,

it ain't workin'. OUR President's approval ratings are in the mid 60s.

You got nothin'.

[bluestateguy]

8. I will not tolerate second guessing of our commander in chief

Not now, not ever. Not while we have troops in the field fighting our War on Terror.

When you second guess our commander in chief you are giving direct aid and comfort to the enemy.

[Political Heretic]

12. Are you serious?

?

[pecwae]

13. Sarcasm?

[elocs]

9. How long of a honeymoon did Obama get here at DU? n/t

[bluestateguy]

10. About 5 minutes from the Professional Whiner/Protestor Crowd

They couldn't celebrate the election for just one damn week.

[Yavin4]

11. Nope. You Forgot About The Announcement of Rick Warren To Give The Invocation

at the inauguration. DUers went apeshit over that.

[elocs]

15. Tsk, tsk. That was and is just constructive criticism and dissent.

Sometimes I wonder how it must be to be the spouse or child of some of these posters and have to survive or just live under their critical eye where nothing is ever good enough for them and things must be done exactly their way.

[BR_Parkway]

14. How many days was Shrub on vacation during his 'honeymoon'?

[Puzzler]

16. What honeymoon?

Obama was being slammed by the Repugs when he was President-Elect.